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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lucy Campbell

Trump administration to review all 55m US visa holders for potential rule violations

Hands hold a Haitian passport.
‘Continuous vetting’ includes for people already admitted into the country. Photograph: Fernando Llano/AP

The Trump administration is reviewing the records of more than 55 million US visa holders for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules, in a significant expansion of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

In a move first reported by the Associated Press, the state department said that all of the foreigners who currently hold valid US visas are subject to “continuous vetting” for any indication that they could be ineligible for the document, including those already admitted into the country. Should such evidence come to light, the visa would be revoked and, if the visa holder were in the United States, they would be subject to deportation.

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